Guest editor's introduction

The nonprofit mission and its financing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11680668
AutoresBurton A Weisbrod (University of California San Diego, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen17
Número2
Páginas165-174
Fecha de publicación1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/(sici)1520-6688(199821)17:2<165::aid-pam3>3.0.co;2-m
OpenAlexW2043582544
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

Excerpt from introduction: The idea of commercialism in the nonprofit sector sounds to some people like a paradox: Nonprofits are supposed to be essentially different from private firms for whom commercialism is their very lifeblood. To others, though, the uniqueness of nonprofit organizations is by no means self-evident; perhaps they are really not different from private firms, being just as influenced by business motives and opportunities for self-aggrandizement. Does it matter? Yes, it matters a great deal. At root is whether nonprofit organizations-which are growing rapidly-deserve the encouragement and subsidization they receive. The debate over the proper role, if any, for nonprofit organizations in a modem economy continues, periodically grabbing public attention: Private firms claim that they are victims of unfair competition from subsidized, tax-exempt nonprofits, and then pressure lawmakers to restrict nonprofits' commercial activities; the federal government revises the personal income tax in ways that, intentionally or not, affect incentives to donate to charitable nonprofits; and local governments introduce the latest device for extracting money from supposedly tax-exempt nonprofits

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